to hiding it.
Yes.
Perfect.
Do you want to take like a half step away from the wall?
Just adds a little bit of depth.
Perfect.
More TV tricks.
Got to get a good shot.
Make me look good, guys.
Are we good?
All right.
Fundraising numbers just came out.
Give me a sense of whether this.
How far past the national record this will go.
Especially compared to two years ago.
Well, you know, I'm a judge.
I'm not a campaign professional or a pundit, so I don't know where we're going to end up.
What I can tell you is that I've got a great team and they will make sure that we've got
the resources we need to help voters understand what this race is about and to make sure that
I get across the finish line and win it.
But even compared to two years ago, both candidates are a factor of five times ahead of where
other candidates were.
Yeah.
Certainly, you know, we were really successful in the last six months getting the support
that we need from all around the state.
I think we got contributions from 71 out of 72 counties in Wisconsin and I think that's
a good sign of the enthusiasm that voters have and people are really starting to get engaged
in this race and we're going to make sure that we can win it coming over first.
What's the significance of not having a primary?
What does that allow you, your candidate?
Well, you know, again, I'm a judge, so I can't give you any perspective on what that means
typically in running a campaign, but I think that, you know, with the race set, with the
two candidates here, it allows us to focus on our opponent, Brad Schimmel, help voters
understand what an extreme partisan candidate he is, not somebody we want on the Wisconsin
Supreme Court.
I think people want to have common sense, they want to have justices on our court who
are going to be fair and impartial and that's how I'm running.
I was going to ask, I guess, how important has it been to have been going on in multiple
countries in the state to be able to talk with voters and potential supporters in their
concerns?
Yeah.
I've been traveling all around the state since June, as far north as Superior is far to
the southeast, as Kenosha, and listening to voters, in addition to telling them who
I am, I think it's voter, important that voters know my values, know what my experience is,
know that I've spent my entire career working to protect the rights of ordinary Wisconsin
ites under our laws and under our Constitution.
That's who I'll be as a Justice on our Supreme Court.
And finally, Ryan Spottie kind of hinted at this in his introductory remarks, but how
do you keep the momentum from the fall, or not have people disappointed about the
outcome in the fall, get re-engagement as well?
Yeah.
Well, we're seeing it happen.
I think that our fundraising totals are a good sign of that.
I think the great crowd that we just drew today on a Saturday morning just to come and
hear me speak and meet me as another great sign of the enthusiasm that we are seeing
from voters.
And I think voters in Wisconsin now have a great understanding of the importance of
the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
I think they'll show up and vote for me on April 1st.
Perfect.
That's all the time we have.
Thank you.
All right.
Thanks.
Thank you so much.